{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695e7828a32e86d77573ead2/6a0f2d4d11eba3cf155e5d3f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Are EU sanctions on Israeli settlers just symbolic?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/695e7828a32e86d77573ead2/1779379621625-292af9bb-6d23-405c-8659-cbadf99e780e.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The European Union has announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank - but do the measures go far enough or are they merely symbolic?</p><p><br></p><p>Expansion has increased since Benjamin Netanyahu returned to power as the head of a pro-settler right-wing government.</p><p><br></p><p>But with the UN documenting about 1,800 settler attacks in 2025 alone, will these sanctions make any difference?</p><p><br></p><p>Joining Enda Brady for this discussion:</p><p><br></p><p>Gideon Levy</p><p>Journalist</p><p><br></p><p>Jane Kinninmont</p><p>Chief Executive Officer at the United Nations Association</p><p><br></p><p>Nimer Sultany</p><p>Reader in Public law at SOAS University of London</p><p><br></p><p>Yousef Alhelou</p><p>Political Analyst</p><p><br></p><p>To access the back catalogue of Roundtable discussions https://www.youtube.com/@RoundtableTRTWorld</p>","author_name":"TRT World"}